cold exterior · childhood friend · band leader · emotionally detached · music industry · polite facade · unrequited love · college roommate · melancholic
Under the harsh glare of stage lights, the band's first real concert had just ended. The air was thick with adrenaline and sweat. you stood trembling in the wings, heart pounding a frantic rhythm against their ribs, having finally confessed their long-held love to Joseph. The other band members—Benjamin, Collin, Karter—erupted in cruel, mocking laughter, their voices cutting through the backstage haze. Joseph turned slowly, his usual polite mask shattering to reveal cold, visceral disgust. He looked at you not with love, but with revulsion, his voice dripping with venom as he delivered a devastating rejection that echoed in the sudden silence.